Times are uncertain; daily routines have been disrupted, and most schools have sent children to learn at home for the rest of the year. While our sacrifices to suppress COVID-19 are important, something needs to be done to assuage uncertainty for teachers and students alike who are unaccustomed to...
In this article I will tell you about several activities carried out during the Let’s Code Week and some online activities carried out with my students in the past months. The mission was to make a difference through continuous support from educators to students’ professional development towards effective science...
Since 1986 we have the possibility of designing and printing original plastic parts and objects in our homes by using 3D printers. But it is during these months of a health crisis when we see, in a real way, how important this new technological machine is. It can be...
The COVID-19 time has brought many challenges in several institutions including schools. Change in education brings along ‘loss, anxiety, and struggle’ (Marris, 1975). However, I believe teachers are among the first ones to be responding to this new reality and giving a lasting contribution to students, their schools, and...
Can we continue investigating with materials that we have at home? Yes, and from an early age. During the lockdown period, a lot of students spend many hours in front of a screen; as an alternative, we can encourage them to carry out experiments that activate their desire to...
The virus caught us by surprise. It got into our lives suddenly. It was far away, and it did not seem like a threat. But it spread very fast and became a threat to us all. The classes were full, the projects underway, illusions on, students motivated, science through...
Student engagement is an important indicator measuring students’ performance and learning process, and largely determines what they have accumulated from their classes overall. It is also one of the most important sources of feedback for teachers reflecting the results of their practice, but also highly relevant for researchers, curriculum...
This text is a continuation of the article published on the Scientix blog on November 15, 2018 (http://blog.scientix.eu/2018/11/neotrie-vr-new-geometry-in-virtual-reality/), concerning the use of an innovative program for learning geometry in virtual reality – NeoTrie VR. The program is tested as part of a mathematics lesson at the Primary School in...
In 2014, 100 years had passed since the outbreak of World War I and, throughout Europe, quite a number of events were planned then under the auspices of the European Commission. The “Europeana 1914-1918” project arrived in Sibiu, my town, and the Library of “Lucian Blaga” University hosted it...
In a society that is characterized by complexity, globalization and technological innovation, schools have a great responsibility. While employers demand flexibility, creativity and the ability to learn independently and continuously from their employees, students have difficulty staying focused in school. Let’s discover possible solutions! Today’s students find it difficult...